Supercomputing extremists converged on Seattle, Washington, last fall to share their experiences, exhibit their research, flaunt their wares, and award their pioneers.
Those who say that the “Top 500” (http://www.top500.org/) is nothing more than “a high-tech pissing contest” are wrong. As the history of the Top 500 has shown, “The List” has an unfailing ability to predict the future of and inexorably impact plebeian, everyday computing.
For decades, sort has been extended over and over again to make it more and more useful. Here’s the fifth in an ongoing series about new features in familiar utilities.